OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Railing Construction Settings

Used to set the shape, size, placement, and appearance of all elements and components that are contained in the railing assembly.

Accessed from:
  • Place Railing dialog: Catalog Tools Drop-down > Load Railing Settings


Dialog Controls

SettingDescription
Preview Displays the selected catalog item in the preview window. This display changes and the preview updates as various options are chosen. The preview also changes dynamically with some of the prominent settings on the Placement tab, e.g Height, Rotation angle, etc. A right-click in the Preview opens a Show/Hide Viewing Tools option menu:
  • Zoom In - Zooms in about center of preview.
  • Zoom Out - Zooms out about center of preview.
  • Pan - Moves the preview following the pointer. Click again to stop panning.
  • Fit - Fits the object to the extents of the preview.
  • Rotation - Sets the orientation of the selected item in the preview to one of the standard orientation options:
    • Isometric
    • Right Isometric
    • Top
    • Bottom
    • Left
    • Right
    • Front
    • Rear
  • Display Mode - Sets the display of the selected item in the preview to one of the standard display modes.
    • Solid
    • Wire Frame
    • Visible Edge
    • Filled Visible Edge
For Place workflow, the Hide/Show Preview controls displaying preview of the element currently selected for placement.
Apply Parts When on, Family/Part symbology is applied to the railing construction components.
Add Adds railing construction components to the railing components table for the active railing construction tab. New components are highlighted in the preview panel. The previewed component updates as you enter values for the parameters.
Remove Removes railing construction components from the railing components table for the active railing construction tab. Removed components are updated in the preview panel.
OK Saves changes to the active railing construction definition, and closes the dialog.
Cancel Closes the dialog without saving changes.